I'm not sure how CG or AG are seeing much, or any, change across a total of 6 plays. With AR first in the game, we ran for 13 yards to Pierce as the defense keyed AR, then UF ran for 11 by Richardson. Boom, two plays mid-field and then we put in Emory. The drive did go for a TD. His next time on the field, he drove us from the 12 to the 43 with runs of 5, 3 and 7 yards, and the one pass for 8 yards. At the 43, EJ took over - FG. AR came in one more time the entire game in the 3rd quarter, he had a single run of loss of 1 yard, followed by a pierce 10 yards run that was called back for holding. With third and long, we subbed in EJ, and AR did not see the field again. BTW - it was a called EJ QB draw on 3rd and 13 from their 34. Absolutely terrified play calling. Next play was a blocked 50 yard FG for a Ky TD.
To the issue, the plays that didn't look like AR was running the same, to some observers, were the two called QB powers off tackle, where AR had to move artificially slow for him to let his blocking set up and clear. Plus, take that one loss of a yard out and he had 4 carries for 24 yards. Not bad when Ky was playing to stop those plays and the non-option, non-scramble designed runs don't play to AR's strengths. Judging him as less effective with such limited calls is ridiculous. It's like saying Herschel was not dominant or Tebow wasn't great because in some random subset of 5 runs, with one loss of yardage mixed in, he only gained 3 yards a carry instead of the 7 or 8 per carry he had some games.
The only question I have is whether Mullen called it limited for AR on purpose to help Emory or does he also not trust AR at all? It is one or the other, but AR did not get a fair shot in that game and Kev has it right.